ILA News

BALTIMORE, MD – April 23, 2026) The Traffic Club of Baltimore tonight honored “the hardworking Men and Women of the Baltimore International Longshoremen’s Association.” The prestigious maritime organization held its 111th Annual Dinner at Martin’s Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, Maryland where scores of ILA members from Baltimore and the Port of New York and New […]

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 14, 2026) The Rank-And-File members of the International Longshoremen’s Association are demonstrating amazing generosity in their support of the May 12th USMX-ILA Children’s Fund Gala that is raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Please be advised that the purchase of any tickets or journal advertisements for the ILA-USMX

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 8, 2026) Harry Hennessey, a dedicated trade union leader from Long Island, New York,  who served as Secretary-Treasurer of the United Marine Division, Local 342, International Longshoremen’s Association, and was a Vice President and Executive Board Member of the Atlantic Coast District, ILA passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. 

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (March 22, 2026)  The International Longshoremen’s Association – United States Maritime Alliance (ILA-USMX) Children’s Fund will raise funds for its main charity, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, at a Gala Dinner on Tuesday evening, May 12, 2026, beginning at 6 pm, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Jersey City, New Jersey. 

TAMPA, FL (March 14, 2026) – The annual meetings of the International Longshoremen’s Association Great Lakes District Council are taking place this weekend in Tampa, Florida as the ILA ports on both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the Great Lakes prepare for their 2026 season. ILA International Officers Steve Knott, Secretary-Treasurer; John D. Baker,